Friday the 13th - International IM Unicode Name Day

October 13, 2006 @ 10:29 AM

“I got a fever and the only prescription is more Unicode”
^{- Christopher Walken}

That’s right folks – we’re talking over Friday the 13th! No more bad luck, no more serial killers with hockey masks, or razor claws or whatever-the-hell it is. Friday the 13th shall henceforth go down in history as the day everyone is morally obliged to use as many non-Western UTF-8 (international) characters in their MSN names as is decently possible.

If the International Talk Like a Pirate Day folks can pull this off, so can we. It’s easy! If you’re a windows user, just open up your Character Map utility and start copying characters from anything listed under the “Unicode” character set. If you’re on Linux or Mac, you’re likely enough of a smart-ass to just figure it out yourself. For bonus points, google around a while and find funkier symbol sets like Thai and Cherokee.

Remember – it’s fun AND your moral obligation as a human being!

— ►Ĵǖş†ỉ∩ Ҝǿмỉאַ∆ѓ◄

UPDATE – Looking for an easy way to participate? Go here and generate your own fancy text!

– The word is spreading. Looks like Toronto is slowly coming on board.

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Comments:

1. Ⓘ ƮℍⒾⓝⓚ ʈḥⒾⓢ ȋŞ ĴÜṩⓉ ⒲ħǻڅ Ế٧ȆȓŸ ȱ٧ȅᖆḸỜ∀ⒹẾ⒟ ⓕřȈƌÅỵ ẘȱƦƘ⒠Ʀ ℵƩⓔÐŞ څ♁ ƦḝŁ⒤∈Ṿョ ⓢǾᄊề Şڅℝョṩṣ !!!

   — MZ    Fri Oct 13, 11:29 AM    #

2. Rock on, brother!

   — Justin Kominar    Fri Oct 13, 11:30 AM    #

3. ⒰ꊁḮ₡ȪסⒺ ₥＠ƙḘꍛ ṂƳ ⒥⚇ᗿ ⓗÄŗ⒟ȅⓡ.

   — ℂじ⒱Ʀ₥⒩ḳ¥    Sun Oct 22, 09:14 AM    #

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